Study area. Sanlong Quarry Limited is a private quarry company situated along Iree/Ikirun Road, Obaagun, a suburban community of Ikirun, the headquarters of Ifelodun Local Government Area in Osun State, Nigeria (Figure 1).Sanlong was established in 2019 when it received government licencing to mine and process rock resources in …
Seasonal concentrations of eight total and bioavailable heavy metals (Cr, Cu, Cd, Zn, Mn, Ni, Pb an Fe), along with some physico chemical properties of soil in vegetable farms around the rock quarry in Durumi, Abuja was assessed to know the level of heavy metal pollution of the soil. Control and actual soil samples were collected from …
Study area and the geology: This study area revealed outcrops in a heterogeneous, unconfined and unconsolidated rock exposed at the Odeda quarry site, south-western Nigeria. Odeda is in the north …
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The concentrations of natural radionuclides (238 U, 232 Th and 40 K) in the granite rocks of major quarry sites in Federal Capital Territory, (FCT), Abuja was determined by gamma ray spectroscopy ...
Only a handful of reviewed studies reported activity concentration NORMs in water and food crops around the mining sites in Nigeria. 50% (15/30), 45% (14/31), 50% (11/22), and 38% (5/13) of studies respectively reported activity concentrations of 232 Th, 40 K, 238 U and 226 Ra as exceeding ICRP, UNSEAR and IAEA permissible limits. At …
Integrated high resolution ground magnetic Quarries in Ondo State with the aim of characterizing the magnetic intensities subsurface structures, anomalous zones with depth to magnetic sources and geoenvironmental hazard potential of concentrations of Magnetometer was used for Magnetic survey geophysical data were processed using …
This historical site is the first museum to be established in Nigeria and houses the Esie stone images (Ere Esie). It is situated in the Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. The museum contains …
An abandoned quarry in Nigeria has become a tourist hot spot after images were posted on social media in August 2020. Photos of the rocky cliffs climbing into a blue sky, a moss-lined footpath, small …
Other sites also abound. The employees in those quarry sites are mainly untrained, illiterate and unskilled workers comprising men and women with women forming about 70 per cent of the work force in the quarry industries (Isah, 1999). Oginyi, R. C. N. Occupational Health Hazards Among Quarry Employees in Ebonyi State, Nigeria:
Granite is a natural stone just like limestone and is deposited in Nigeria and Africa in abundance, and its deposition has called for numerous local and international quarrying companies into the country.. Depositions of Granite in Nigeria. Granites, popularly known in Nigeria as gravel/chippings are found in all the states of the federation but occur in …
Granite Solid Mineral Deposits In Nigeria And Its Applications. Granite is a natural stone just like limestone and is deposited in Nigeria and Africa in abundance, and its deposition has called for numerous local and …
Note that there are other regulations applicable in the quarry business in Nigeria. Is there any mandatory share capital for a company seeking to engage into quarry business in Nigeria? Yes, the minimum share capital for a company seeking to undertake a quarry business in Nigeria must be N5,000.000.00 (Five Million Naira).
A quarry is a place where rocks, sand, or minerals are extracted from the surface of Earth.A quarry is a type of mine called an open-pit mine, because it is open to Earth's surface.Another type of mine, a subsurface mine, consists of underground tunnels or shafts.. The most common purpose of quarries is to extract stone for building materials. …
8 Ugbogu et al in the year 2009 in Nigeria observed that a comparison of the occurrence of respiratory disease symptoms between manual quarry workers and a control population shows that there is a ...
SPM levels declined significantly (p>0.05) with distance from the drilling and crushing locations at each of the quarry sites. At 25metres away from the quarry sites, mean SPM levels reduced ...
This study was carried out at selected stone quarrying sites in the North-Central region of Nigeria that is made up of six states which are Niger, Kogi, Kwara, Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau as...
Quarrying as a land use is a potential source of water pollution but lack of access to safe drinking water has impelled people to make use of pond water from quarry sites. This study investigated the physico-chemical parameters and heavy metals of water samples collected at China quarry site in Ngwogwo Ivo Local Government of Ebonyi …
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obtained from the various quarry sites fall below the recommended value of 3% as specified in [15]. 19mm. Figure 3 Values of Moisture Content of all Aggregate sizes from all Quarry Site . 3.3 Water Absorption . The values contained in Figure 4 reveals that the water absorption value of 9.5mm granite samples from Ishara at 2.13% was the highest.
dumpsite on an abandoned quarry site within the Abeokuta metropolis, Ogun State, Nige- ria. A total of twenty-five 2D profiles were mapped, adopting Wenner configuration us-
The insatiable demand for rock supplies has enticed numerous building and construction enterprises to participate in stone quarrying. However, this has had an environmental impact on air quality. This paper examines the environmental impact of quarrying on air quality in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. To achieve the main aim of the study, …
The result also showed that Gio-World quarry site recorded the highest concentration of 232 Th with value ranging from 18.83-52.88 Bq kg-1 and an average of 65.05 Bq kg-1, while Green-palm quarry site (3.56 -6.98 Bq kg-1 with mean of 5.17 Bq kg-1) and Veritas quarry site (2.60- 6.37 Bq kg-1-with average of 4.55 Bq kg-1) obtained the lowest ...
The study area is delimited by latitudes 06°59.440′N and 07°00.75′N, and longitudes 003°01.614′E and 003°01.692′E. It lies within the Cenozoic sequence in the Eastern Dahomey (Benin ...
The Genesis of the Site Discovery. It all began in 1977 when a student in the Department of Geography, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, visited a quarry site in his home town of Ugwuele in the present Isuikwuato Local Government of Abia State, Nigeria. He saw many stone flakes in large quantity scattered over a large area of land (Figures 4 & 5).
nigeria market leader Zeberced Group invested in the mining industry in 2007, leveraging technical expertise and experience garnered over the years in the quarry business. Today, the company operates two …
Figure 7, the two horizontal (in green color) and vertical (black color) lines drawn over pond 2 within Julius Berger quarry site, the depth profile showed that the lowest point is 635 m and the ...
Picture showing quarrying activities taking place in Ishiagu quarry site. Source publication. Investigation of the Radiation Exposure Rate and Noise Levels within Crush Rock …
ao Solomon M, Kanayochukwu EC, Oluwafemi AT, Gideon DM (2019) SpatioTemporal Assessment of Quarry Sites in Mpape, Abua, Nigeria Remote Sensing GIS 8: 255 doi:104172/246941341000 255 Page 4 of 12 ...
In Nigeria, many studies have attested to the fact that very high numbers of factory or industrial workers are experiencing varying degree of MSDs related illnesses Saidu, Utti, Jaiyesimi, Rufa'i ...
Therefore, this study seeks to carry out spatio-temporal analysis of quarrying sites in part of Abuja, Nigeria. This research should enable stake holders in the ministry of environment, Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) and environmental protection agencies to realize the spread of these quarry companies; their expansion in size ...
PDF | On Jan 10, 2016, B Mustapha and others published Preliminary Phytochemical Screening of Medicinal Plants Found in the Vicinity of Quarry Site in Demsa, Adamawa State, Nigeria | Find, read ...
"Electrical Imaging Characterization of a Dumpsite on an Abandoned Quarry Site in Abeokuta, South West, Nigeria" is a paper by Akintayo O. Ojo O. T. Olurin S. A. Ganiyu B. S. Badmus O. A. Idowu published in 2022. It has an Open Access status of "gold".
An abandoned quarry popularly called Crush Rock in Mpape, a suburb of Abuja under Bwari Area Council, has turned into a …
